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Dec. 15, 1925- 1,565,175 I A. R. BENEDICT PRESS Filed Aug. 16. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l Dec. 15, 1925.

A. R. BENEDICT PRESS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2` Filed Aug. 16. 1924 Javento@ /Z /endcf Patented Dec. 15, 1925.

' UNITED STATES PATENTv oFFlcs.

ADELBERT n. BENEDICT, or SOUTH TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

PRESS.

'Application led August 16, 1924. Serial No. 732,542.

To all whom t may concern:

i Be it known that I, ADE-Lener R. BENE- Dic'r, a citizen of the United States, resid- .ing at South Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State ofVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Presses, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.k

This invention relates to presses and more particularly to a` combination press and vise particularly adapted for use in removing broken handles from axes, hammers and the like and to hold the helves of these devices while they `are being fitted to the heads thereof. y

An important `object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character so constructed that a `head having a fragment of the handle remaining therein may be readily held and readily placed in position in the press.

A further object of the invention isto provide a means for separating thehe-ad from the press die by means'of which the fragment of the handle is removed in event the die sticks therein.

These and other objects I attainvby the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein for the urpose of illustration is shown a preferre embodiment of my invention and wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a press constructed in accordance with `my invention, parts being broken away to show details of constructionand an axe head being indicated in position in the press;

Figure 2 is a section on they line '2-2 of Figure 1; y

Figure is a section on the line 3-9 of Figure 1; V f

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 isk a transverse' sectional view through the press, the shifta-ble base section being removed; i

Figure 6 is a bottom plan view ofthe base section removed;

Figures 7 and 8 are detail plan views of different forms of dies; f

Figure 9 is a fragmentary front elevation of the press showing the same in use as a pipe vise.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates a base having extending upwardly therefrom a pair of spaced standards 11, these standards having their adjacent faces 12 smooth and the adjacentside faces 13 similarly finished. The standards at their upper ends are connected by a bridge-piece lftthrough which is threaded a lever screw 15, the lower end of which has a head 1G connected with the screw by a reduced neck 17.

The numeral 18 designates. a press bar consisting of acasting having a width equal. to the distance between adjacent faces 12 of the standards 11 and provided at one side thereof with flanges 19 abutting the side face 18 of the standard at one side thereof. The upper surface of the press bar has formed therein a slot 2()` opening through the opposite side of the bar from the flanges 19, this slot being of a width equ'alto the width of the head 16 and having extending outwardly from the side walls thereof flanges 21 adapted to engage in the groove formed by the reduced neck 17 connecting the lever screw with its head. Since this slot opens through the side of the press bar, it will be obvious that the press bar can be engaged with the leverv screw and mount the samev thereon with very little difficulty. Disengagement of the bar therefrom is prevented by'a retainer strip 22 secured to the side of the bar through which the groove opens and having its ends abutting thekafidefaces of the standards 11 at the opposite side thereof from the fianges 19. rlhe under surface of the press bar is provided with a depending lug 23 which is centrally socketed for the reception of the Shanks 24 of various implements 25 to be employed therewith. These implements will hereinafter be `more fully described. After the Shanks of the Y implements are inserted, they are maintained in position by a pin passed through an opening in the shank of the implement and in the wall of the lug.

The base 10 has formed through one side thereof an arcuate notch 27, the inner end of which terminates in a semi-circular cove ,28, the aXis of the curvature of thecove brought downwardly by means of the lever the movement of the arm in this direction. At the yopposite side of the notch, and spaced from the adjacent face 13 a distance equal to the width of the arm at this point, an upstanding lug 31 is. formed on the base. The arm may be engaged between this lug and the face 18 of the standard by elevating the same on the pivot and swinging the arm until the free end thereof comes into engagement with the face 13 when the arm may be released and will fall by gravity to the proper position. The lower surface of the arm is provided with a thickening or iiange 32 tilling the slot when the arm is in this position. The inner face of the arm is provided with a notch 33 coacting with the notch 28 to produce a circular opening in the base which is axial to the lever screw 15. Directed through the standards 11, at

points spaced slightly above the base, are a pair of thumb screws 3dr which are employed for steadying the work upon the base. Slightly above. these set screws, the arm is provided with aligned apertures for the reception of stop bars 36, the purpose of which will presently appear.

In the use of the device, assuming it is desired to remove the handle from an ax, hammer or the like, the proper die is selected for this purpose. In Figures 7 and 8 I have illustrated dies suitable for use with an aX and a hammer respectively. The die being placed in position, the head of the hammer is then placed in position upon the If the handle is cleanly broken off at the head, this may be accomplished by simply seating the head upon the base. If a fragment of the handle is left within the head, the swinging arm is moved to open the slot, the handle entered through this slot and the arm closed so that the head rests thereon. It will be obvious that when pressure is placed upon this head it will be impossible for this arm to move from the open position to permit dislodgment of the screw to force the handle out of the head. In event the die sticks in the head after the-handle has been. forced from the head, the stop bars 36 are placed in position so that. they engage the head at the sides of the die and the lever screw operated to move the Vdie and head upwardly. Then it is desired to employ the device for holding pipe or a helve to be shaped and itted lto a head, the V block 37, illustrated in Figure 9, is employed, together withthe toothed anvil of this ligure. Thewalls of this V block are preferably step-cut to provide teeth forpreventing rotationof an article held therein. The other anvil further assists in preventing this movement and movement of the anvil itself with relation to the press bar is prevented by bringing the thumb screws into engagement with the sides thereof.

It will be obvious that the construction hereinbefore set forth is capable of a certain range of change and modification without materially departing` from the spirit of my invention, and I accordingly do not limit myself to such specific structure eX- cept as hereinafter claimed.

I claim 1. In a press of the type described, a base having a notch opening through one side thereorl and terminating centrally of the base in a semicircular cove, a pair of standards arranged at opposite sides of the cove and extending upwardly from the base, a bridge-piece lconnecting the standards at their upper ends, a press bar guided by the standards and having means for attaching dies thereto, means extending through the bridge-piece for vertically adjusting the press bar upon the standards, a swingable arm pivotally connected to the base at one end and combining with said base to fill the notch thereof and to combine with the cove of the notch to provide at the center of the base beneath the press bar an opening, the pivotal connection of said arm and base permitting vertical movement of the arm with relation to the base, said arm in its closed position abutting the standards at one side face, and means upon the base engaging the opposite side face of the bar when in the closed position preventing movement of the bar until the same is shifted vertically from the base.

In a press for removing the helves of hammers, axes and the like, a base for supporting the head of the tool having a central opening and a slot leading to said central opening through which the handle of the tool may be inserted to permit the head to rest upon the base, a closure for said slot pivoted to the base at one side of the slot by a pivot permitting limited vert-ical move- ADELBERT R. BEN EDICT. 

